How to paint with acrylics HANDBOOK for the absolute beginner

How to Paint with Acrylics HANDBOOK for the Absolute Beginner is an overview of the most basic-of-basics you need to start painting today, with Photos, Diagrams, Illustrations, Clear Descriptions, Terms & Definitions and Ideas to help you become the artist you’ve always dreamed you could be.


Read How to Paint with Acrylics HANDBOOK for the Absolute Beginner in conjunction with How to Paint with Acrylics LESSONS for the Absolute Beginner, also by J. Bright and get ready to create.


How to Paint with Acrylics HANDBOOK for the Absolute Beginner Table of Contents



1. Welcome

2. There are Painters Who Transform the Sun..

3. Paint Basics

  . Acrylic Paints

4. Paint Quality

  .What's Best for the Beginner

  . The Value of High Quality Paints

  . The Balue of Student Quality Paints

5. Paint Brushes

  . The Parts of a Brush

  . Shapes & Uses

  . Bristle & Handle Types

  . Brushes for the Beginner

  . Caring for Brushes

6.  Painting Surfaces

7. Other Supplies for Painting

8. Space Requirements

9. Colour

  . Colour from Light

  ..Colour Pigments

  . Organizing Colour

  . Relativity of Colour

  . Terms & Definitions

10. Layout & Composition

  . The Visual Weight of Colour

  . The Visual Weight of Objects

  . The Rule of Thirds

  . Distance & 3-Dimensionality

  . Terms & Definitions